Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's third recording as a concerto soloist for Chandos, following last year's highly acclaimed accounts of Bartok and Ravel. Bavouzet is a true master of his native repertoire, winning Gramophone awards for his complete, definitive Debussy. Famously conducting the premiere of Stravinsky's Firebird, Gabriel Pierne combines the seriousness of Franck and the sensuality of Massenet (his teachers) with a characteristically light French touch.